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Iran: 105 satellite dishes confiscated |
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
 NCRI - A truck carrying 105 satellite dishes were confiscated by State
Security Forces (SSF) en route to the central city of Arak, the state
television reported on Wednesday. The truck was stopped on Qom-Arak
highway by SSF acting on a tip, in the new wave of crackdown on
satellite TV watchers.
Iran regime regularly attacks private houses rounding up satellite
dishes from the rooftops and back yards. The incident follows a report
on Tuesday by state-run news agency IRNA, quoting a senior official of
the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, who "emphasized the need
for confronting" the "Farsi-language satellite channels."
Despite the fact that since 1994 satellite dishes has been officially outlawed in Iran, millions of Iranians rely on satellite TV channels for their news and information. According to Brig. Gen. Ezzatollah Zarghami, head of the state-run broadcaster, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), more than 30 percent of the population in Iran has access to satellite channels.
Since last April and the start of a widespread crackdown on social offences called "boosting public security," the SSF has focused on collecting satellite dishes as a move to implement the fresh measures.
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